Carolyn Edmonds

Former State Representative, District 32 · Democrat · records 2015–2021
$37K
Raised
$40K
Spent by campaigns
97%
From Washington

Where the money came from

  • Individuals $25,287
  • Political action committees $4,900
  • Political parties $4,167
  • Businesses $1,000
  • Small contributions (not itemized) $610
  • Other organizations $600
  • Miscellaneous receipts $252
  • Legislative caucuses $100

Miscellaneous receipts aren't gifts. They're often the candidate's own money moving from an earlier campaign or surplus account, so it's counted again in the campaign that receives it, plus interest and refunds.

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Where the money went

  • Not categorized by the filer $19,757
  • Printing campaign signs $6,283
  • Printing literature, fliers, postcards, etc. $5,907
  • Postage costs, mail permits, purchase of stamps $4,892
  • Other advertising $996
  • In-kind gifts (goods or services, not cash) $966
  • Loan payments $328
  • Bank and payment processing charges $303
  • Rent, lease, mortgage, PO box rental $300
  • Fundraising events and related costs $239
  • Digital advertising $229
  • Transfer to political party or legislative caucus committee $208

In-kind gifts are goods or services someone gave the campaign. Campaigns report them as money in and money out, so no cash was paid.

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Campaigns

YearRaceResultRaisedSpentDebtsOutside for / againstFiling
2021 Park & Recreation Commissioner
METROPOLITAN PARK DIST TACOMA
Lost in general $2,795 $2,762 — — / — PDC ↗
2016 County Council Member
PIERCE CO
Lost in general $34,122 $37,647 — $1,203 / — PDC ↗
2015 County Charter Review Commissioner
PIERCE CO
Won in general — — — — / — PDC ↗

Top organizations

Individual donors, and names we can't tell from an individual's, are listed under Contributions.

Where donors are

Top cities

  • Tacoma, WA $22,366
  • Seattle, WA $3,892
  • Federal Way, WA $1,500
  • Olympia, WA $1,450
  • Puyallup, WA $1,375
  • Manchester, WA $1,000
  • Gig Harbor, WA $700
  • Sumner, WA $550
  • Los Altos, CA $500
  • Portland, OR $500

Outside Washington

  • CA $500
  • OR $500
  • NJ $27

$611 has no stated location, mostly small gifts that campaigns report as one lump sum.

Donors' employers

  • PIERCE COUNTY $810

Employers are reported only for larger gifts from individuals, and the employer didn't give this money itself.

Who the campaigns paid

  • PROGRESSIVE STATEGIES NW $33,977
  • WA SECRETARY OF STATE $1,076
  • CAROLYN EDMONDS $1,027
  • TEXT SURGE INC $846
  • TRADE PRITERY $419
  • FIFE HISTORY MUSEUM $300
  • HDCC $208
  • MERCHANT SERVICES $201
  • WASHINGTON STATE DEMOCRATS $200
  • TACOMA CITY TREASURER $150
  • DANCE CONNECT $125
  • EVENT HELPER.COM $114

Payments only. In-kind gifts aren't payments, so their givers aren't in this list.

Record match: Filed as Carolyn Edmonds; the records are her Pierce County and Tacoma parks campaigns, 2015 to 2021.

A contribution is not an accusation. These are campaign finance reports as filed with the Washington Public Disclosure Commission. They show who gave and how much. They don't show that anyone received anything in return.

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